Water-closet-seat protector.



G. F. THOMPSON.

WATER CLOSET SEAT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED $22123. 1908.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

2 sHEnTs-snn'r 1.

WITNESSES dazz- -(:r. P. THOMPSON. WATER CLOSET SEAT PROTECTOR.

ABPLIOATION mum snags. 190s. 914,898, Patented Mar. 9, 1909. 2 sums-sum 2.

1 13 C 13' t 10- 1m m b 1 i i I F! i I E I 1' ll l 5 1 l -zz fi I f '1 l E; V

. mmzssss Q mvlm ron fi fi 'eozyefimom umw I A7TDHNYS GEORGE F. THOMPSON, OI" EAS'l ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

WATER-CLOSET-SEAT PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented March 9, loco.

Application filed September 23, 1908. Serial No. $4.405.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. Tnonrson,

a subject of the King of Great Britain, and

a resident of East Orange, in the county of 5 Essex and State of New Jersey, havenivented a new and Im rov'ed Water-Closet- Seat Protector, of wlnch the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invent-ion relates to means for protecting a. water closet seat from soiling or other contamination, and has for its object to p'rgvide novel details of construction for an appliance for a water closet seat, which afl'ords convenient means for placing and holding taut a. paper covering upon the seat, and also facilitates the substitution of a clean paper sheet for the one that has been used.

A further object is to provide a novel, easily attached appliance, that is adapted for quick and reliable imposed connection ,with a closet seat, is readily adjustable in, w

i [pen the open ends of the tubular paper dimensions for fitting upon seats that vary in size, is furnished with a paper roll holder Q from which a. single sheet of paper may be withdrawn as required for use, and is provided with an fltljllSlltlJlG cutter for severing a used sheet of paper from one that has been drawn into posit-ion for service.

The invention consists in the novel construction. and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described, and defined in the appended claims.

clerence is to be had to the accoinpanying drawings, forming a art of this specification, in which snn ar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing 40 the improvement applied upon a water closet sent; Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view, substantially on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a reversed plan view of the device; and Fig. 4 is a transverse seetionul view substantially on the line -14 in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 5 indicates a water closet bowl, and 6 the seat board thereon. The lattcr has the usual annular form, is

rounded on the upper face 'as shown at a, and 'Eiat on the lower face, from which project elastic buttons b, that have contact with the llut upper edge of the bowl 5, when the scat board is imposed thereon. The

$5 main ponion of the improvement in the ions of: rectangular frame comprismg two sections, each constructed as follows. One i half section of the holder franu: consists of front transverse bar of metal 7, that lint and rectangular in its body. From oil-ch cud ofthe frame bar 7, a side bar 8 cxtcndsat a right angle therewith, said similar-r frame lneinbeis being llat rectangular strips of metal. The other half of the holder frame com rises two iiat rectangular side huls sin or to the frame bars 8. 'l he bars 9 are spaced apart perellcl'with cur-h other by :r tubular paper roll receiver 1!), which is equal in length with the front transvcixc bar 7, and upon said paper roli rccvivcr :unr its open ends the rear ends of the frame side bars 9 are attached. The side bars b' and 9 have sullicicnt length to pcrmii them to lap one upon the other in pairs, and upon 'omof said side bars of each pair it tubuhu' clip or box 6 is formed or secured, through which the corresponding fro-nu.- momhcr is in erted and its neatly therein.

roll holder 10, closures, ill" in thc form of i dished caps or lids are rcmozuhly mounted, these caps by Icmuinl :di'ording means for inserting a paper roll 11. .r slit (I is formed in the upper side of the paper roll holdcrl l,

! the roll 11, of paper having suiluhlc spaced 1 openings c therein may be withdrawn n. one cnd through the slit .-l and drawn forwardly 1 over the seat board, lhc opening in llupopcr sheet that is imposed upon the soul hoard registering with the aperture in the latter.

A keeper strip 12 is mljusiuhly sccurod on the side fro-mo mcmhcrs non-r lhcil fUl'WH-ltl ends, and extends across the holdcrframu adjacent lo the front l'rzunc bur 7. one cud of said keeper strip having: lint loops f formed thereon, that have a hooked cngugcnn-nt with the side bar section with which it is to be connected. The othcr \Zltl of tho klLpll' strip 12 is mounted upon at corrcspomliug side fruino bar 5, and is thereto rcmornbl) secured by a clamping screw 1, and it will be sccn that if u papcr covering 1 1 that has been drawn from the roll 1! ha its front end passed between the holder lraunc and the cepcr strip, the frictional contact of said parts will hold the papcr in tent condition imposed upon the upper surface of the sci-.1 I board 6. Two pairs of clamping sLrips are i rovided lordctsdnihly securing l-hc paper iolding frame upon the seat board 6, each i pair consisting of taro thinflatmctal bars 13,

and extends throughout its length, so that that are of an equal length The clamping strips 13, forming each pair, rcspect-ivelv have one end thereof secured upon the under side of the frame cross bar 7, at its end, and upon the end portion of the tubular paper holder 10, below and properly spaced from a corresponding end of a rear frame side bar 9, as shown in ig. 2. The adjacent ends of each alined pair of clamping strips 13, are bent down at a right angle, thus producing spaced flanges ithereon, said pair of flanges being oppositely perforated and connected by a threaded bolt 1'. that fits loosely in the aired flanges, and has threaded engagement with the nuts 11 on the opposite ends of said bolts, as shown in Fig. 3. The clamping strips 13, at each side of the paper-holding frame, are so spaced therefrom that the sidebars 8, 9 and the strips 13 will receive bei by clips that engage lapped end portions of tween them an edge portion of the seat board (3, that will be gripped thereby upon a roper adjustment of the bolts i and nuts '2 0 enable the lateral adjustment of the )apcr-holding frame on the seat board 6, a bent flange n is formed or secured on each member 13 of the clamping device at each side of the holder frame, said flanges on each pair of strips 13 being spaced apart and so shaped that they will bear against the curved sides of the seat board at oppo ite points, and thus prevent a lateral displacement of the paper-holding frame in relation to the aperture in t 1e seat board.

It wil be noted in the drawings, that. the position given to the paper-holding frame disposes the tubular receiver 10, at one side side of the frame having a delivery slit longitudinally therein, a paper sheet-keeper strip on the frame disposed opposite the rece ver, and means for detachably securing the rectangular frame on an apertured seat board.

3. A closet seat rotectim device embodying an attachable paper-holding frame having adjustable side members, a tubular paper roll receiver having a longitudinal slit therein for delivering a paper sheet from a paper roll in the receiver, an adjustable paper sheet kceper strip that is also a paper cutter, and is secured along an opposite side of the frame from the tubular receiver, and clamping means for detachably securing the frame on a seat board.

4. A closet seat protecting device, embodying a rectangular frame formed in two sections that are slidably connected together the frame side bars, a paper roll holder on one side of one frame sectlon, a paper sheetkee )cr strip adj tistably secured on a side bar of the other frame section opposite the paper roll holder, and two airs of clamping strips secured along the si es of the holder frame, and adapted for clamping said frame on a seat hoard.

5. The combination with a water closet seat board. of a rotecting means for the scat board, embo ying a rectangular frame formed of flat metal bars, said frame being adjustable in dimensions, a tubular paper roll receiver along one side of the frame and having a longitudinal slit therein, for the delivery of a paper sheet from a paper roll in of theseat board, and the keeper strip 12, at the receiver, an adjustable kec cr strip on atcd with nickel or otherwise 1 rcndcrct rust-proof, that it may be readily i delhched and replaced, as occasion may rc E quire, and that it enables the user of the watt-n closcl. to renew a paper cover l'or the scat board quickly, and thus insure asanillaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to pccurc by lQcttcrs latcnt: I

l. A closet? scat protecting device, cm

"hodying aframc having means for attaching it to a scat, a tubular paper roll rcccivcr on one .sidc of lho' frame, and a papcr sheetkeepcr strip on the Ira-"1011f an opposite side thereof.

2. A closet scat protecting device, cmbod ying' a rectangular frame that is ad usted in width, a tubular papa roll receiver on one theend of the frame opposite om the receiver, said strip holding the paper sheet taut over the. scat board and also serving as a paper cutter, and clampin means for the connection of the paperon the scat hoard, comprising two pairs of clamping strips, each pair secured at their ends on the frame below and spaced from respective side bars thereof, and having flanges on adjacent ends that are engaged by clamping screws.

6. ln a closet scat protecting device, an adjustable framehaving a receiver at one side for a roll of paper, and a paper sheetkccpcr at the opposite side.

7. In a closet seat protecting device, a framel'ormcd of sections adjustably secured together, one set-rim carrying a receiver for a paper roll and the other a paper sheetkccpcr.

Yln testimony whereof I have signed in) name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. i GFORGE l" 'lll()?S().-\'.

Witnesses:

NEWELL N. $11111, Amum DE VoU.

holding frame 

